Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative: The Global PMTCT Initiative

Child Survival	Hunger Alleviation & Nutrition	Adolescent Reproductive Health	Early Childhood Development	Educational Achievement	Economic Readiness	Care Environment

Goal	Reduce vertical HIV/AIDS transmission levels to those seen in the developed world.
Approach	Introduce and deliver a new standard of care in the developing world through: The provision of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) to HIV-infected mothers, as per the WHO standard or better (i.e. HAART for all HIV+ pregnant women), shifting standard treatment away from Nevirapine only. Proactively identifying and testing all pregnant women and aggressively following-up any HIV+ women and offspring for 18 months. Providing compelling evidence to encourage national scale-up Strategically linking PMTCT programs to existing mother-child services.
Investment	$12.7 million committed to CHAI
Scope	33,588 mother-infant pairs in Lesotho and Malawi. Proposal pending for another country.
Countries	Lesotho, Malawi
Partners	The William J Clinton Foundation (CHAI - Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative)

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